Wondrous the stone of these ancient walls, shattered by fate. The districts of the city have crumbled. The work of giants of old lies decayed. —The Ruin During the eighth or ninth century, an unknown author is thought to have surveyed the Roman ruins in Bath, England. The author composed[Read More…]
Tag: school spending
Hawaii has much to teach the mainland on funding equity
I recently published a white paper on K-12 funding equity in Arizona. The news was not great. Back in 1980, Arizona lawmakers were concerned about a Serrano vs. Priest-style lawsuit from California (won by education choice icons Jack Coons and Stephen Sugarman, by the way!). The lawmakers went and did[Read More…]
Georgia legislation would provide school choice in the form of education savings accounts
A bill that would create education savings accounts that participating families could use for private school tuition, homeschooling or other educational expenses passed Georgia’s House Education committee Thursday. House Bill 60 resembles legislation from previous sessions, most notably a school voucher bill introduced by Republican state Rep. Wes Cantrell. Cantrell[Read More…]
NAEP scores: American public schools spend more but deliver less for students, families, taxpayers
The performance of American public schools was in decline before the pandemic struck; based on the latest results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress released Wednesday by the National Center for Education Statistics, things are likely to only get worse from here. The data show the average reading score[Read More…]
4 states, including Florida, supporting private schools with COVID-19 relief lead the way on education choice
Editor’s note: This commentary from Jude Schwalbach, a research assistant at The Heritage Foundation, first published on The Daily Signal. When COVID-19 brought the school year to an abrupt halt early this year, few anticipated that the global pandemic would be the impetus for private school choice reforms across the[Read More…]
A little better all the time, Part 2
Editor’s note: Today, we offer Part 2 of a two-part post from redefinED executive editor Matt Ladner. You can read Part 1 here. Ladner’s commentary ends our series commemorating the 20th anniversary of the K-12 reforms launched by Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, collectively known as the A+ accountability plan. One[Read More…]
Don’t know much about school spending
Don’t know much about history Don’t know much biology Don’t know much about science books Don’t know much about the French I took “Don’t Know Much” by Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil and Tom Snow Education Next recently released its annual poll full of interesting information, including this graphic that shows[Read More…]
Rhode Island: a sickening reminder of why we need to modernize K-12 policy
Johns Hopkins University’s School of Education on Wednesday released a 93-page report of the Providence, Rhode Island, Public School District that provides a useful cautionary tale on how not to structure a K-12 system, reminding us that big spending and strong unions fail to produce learning for kids. Among the[Read More…]